Jet Aviation President Jeremie Caillet Receives Lifetime Aviation Industry Leader Award at European Living Legends of Aviation Ceremony
Why It MattersThe award highlights leadership continuity at a major completions and FBO provider under General Dynamics ownership, spanning thousands of employees across dozens of global locations.
Jet Aviation announced on September 11, 2026, that its president, Jeremie Caillet, received the Lifetime Aviation Industry Leader Award at the fifth biennial European Living Legends of Aviation Awards ceremony, held September 5, 2026, in St. Wolfgang, Austria. The event, presided over by Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman and hosted at Scalaria on Lake Wolfgang, gathered entrepreneurs, innovators, astronauts and pilots to mark achievements in aviation and aerospace leadership, alongside an airshow and sessions on the future of mobility. The award recognises individuals whose sustained leadership has had a significant or transformative impact on the industry through strategic vision, operational excellence or long-term influence.
Caillet was appointed President of Jet Aviation in 2024, having joined the company in 2008 as Engineering Team Leader before rising to Vice President Completions in 2019 and Senior Vice President Regional Operations EMEA in 2021. Under his leadership in completions, Jet Aviation delivered wide- and narrow-body VIP interiors described as among the lightest and quietest flying today. A native of France, he holds a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the École Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile, earned in 2005, and a master's degree in aircraft design from Linköping University, earned in 2006.
In September 2024, Jet Aviation's longest-serving employee, Elie Zelouf, a 72-year industry veteran, was inducted into the European Living Legends of Aviation. Jet Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), employing more than 5,000 people across 50 locations worldwide, with services spanning aircraft management, sales, charter, completions, government programmes, FBO, maintenance and staffing.
